As I browse through the fashion magazines each month, I begin to think we needn’t worry about the message these so-called beauty authorities are sending about nail care because they’re on such a different wavelength from us anyway.

Nail polish manufacturers have a lot of good ideas about what salons can do to increase their profits on polish retail. Here 10 of them share their thoughts on what you can do to retail polish successfully in the salon.

Kelly Ostraat wants the industry to recognize that home-based salons can be professional. It’s not where the salon is located that determines professionalism, she says, it’s the nail technician’s attitude.

The new ruling is intended to standardize label claims for all OTC antifungal products, eliminate products that contain ingredients deemed unsafe or ineffective and prevent the sale of any antifungal products for the nails and scalp that are not FDA-approved.

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